Roy Moore's horror show
The Alabama Senate candidate is using an array of liberal bogeymen to rouse Republican voters to the polls.
By KEVIN ROBILLARD 12/09/2017 11:04 AM EST
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Roy Moore is trying to scare his way into the United States Senate.
In the final days of Alabama’s raucous Senate race, the Republican candidate is invoking conservatives' go-to list of liberal bogeymen as he tries to energize GOP voters. Moore’s campaign has singled out everyone and everything from George Soros and kneeling NFL players, to the media and the specter of voter fraud.
And that's just in the last week.
Moore, trying to fend off numerous allegations of sexual harassment or worse, has been largely absent from the campaign trail in recent weeks, aside from a Tuesday rally with former White House strategist Steve Bannon. But Moore’s campaign has been busy: It held a news conference Thursday alleging “election theft” and attacking a Democratic super PAC, Highway 31, for running what it says are misleading and deceptive advertisements.
The moves by Moore’s shoestring campaign fit in with the candidate’s long history of embracing unproven conspiracy theories. They are aimed at discouraging GOP-leaning voters from crossing the aisle and backing Democrat Doug Jones.
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